Freddie Roach is going to start training middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (21-1, 18KOs) for his next bout, which is scheduled to take place on the Saul Alvarez-Matthew Hatton undercard on March 5 in Anaheim, California. Roach confirmed the information to OnTheGrindBoxing.com. Jacobs is building himself back up after getting knocked out by Dmitry Pirog last July. He came back in December to stop Jesse Orta in two rounds.

"We're going to start working out for the March 5th date. I look forward to working with Danny Jacobs and see if we can make some improvements," Roach said.

Roach or not, Jacobs still has a future at middleweight. He just got hit flush with a perfect right hook by Pirog and looked like he could have gotten up before the ten count - but I blame him for playing dead (seriously, if you're not that hurt, don't look like it...) as much as the ref for stop...

[QUOTE=bluetuazon]true story....its khans conditioning and his youth that helped him survive....[/QUOTE]
I think not. If Khan didn't improve his skills even a very well conditioned body and youth won't help his career. You can't win by just surviving a heavy punch. Atleast you are very well pr...